The 20 minute run...not as great as I had hoped!

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SSMRuns
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The 20 minute run...not as great as I had hoped!

Post by SSMRuns »

Ok - there is that great thread of 'I DID IT"s that I read in the days leading up to today's W5R3....and I DID IT - kinda??? Where are the rest of the people who did not run the greatest 20 mins??? Am I the only one??

I made it through the first 10 minutes all right, dropped the speed from 4.4 miles to 4.3 miles and continued on. I made it to the 20 minute mark, but I did 'fast walk' for a few seconds a few times...I ended up dropping the speed down to 4.1 miles by the end of 20 minutes.

When I 'fast walked' it was literally for a few seconds and it was almost harder then running - if that makes sense.

Yes, I am still proud of myself but I am certainly not bouncing off the walls. And I certainly do not believe our beloved Claire....I don't feel like a runner yet!

Onwards to W6R1....but I am sure I will be back to W5R3 to make it clean through without slowing down.
Runkat
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Re: The 20 minute run...not as great as I had hoped!

Post by Runkat »

Hey,
Well done for making it this far! :)
Don't beat yourself up if you don't run all the way,we all run differently,
so just pace yourself and next time you will run it all :) you can even repeat
a week if you like. It's a pity you can't just repeat 1 run cos I needed to do that
once but I just went for a 28 run without my app so I knew I'd done it.

I'm just finished week 8 and if I can do it anyone can!
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